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Abigail Gerish (Fowle)

Also Known As: "Bunker"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death: March 10, 1749 (73-74)
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. John Fowle, Sr. (I) and Anne Fowle
Wife of Capt. Benjamin Bunker and Benjamin Gerish
Mother of Benjamin Bunker
Sister of Anna Mousell; John Fowle, (II); Elizabeth Fowle; Zechary Fowle; Eliezer Fowle and 2 others

Managed by: Helen Eileen Brown
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About Abigail Gerish

Abigail Fowle

  • Birth: May 9 1675 - Charlestown, Middlesex, MA
  • Death: Mar 10 1749/50 - Charlestown, Middlesex, MA
  • Parents: John Fowle, Anna Fowle (born Carter)
  • Husband: Benjamin Bunker
  • Husband: Benjamin Gerrish
  • Children: Benjamin Bunker, John Bunker, Benjamin (1) Gerrish, Benjamin (2) Gerrish, Abigail Gerrish, John Gerrish, Jonathan Gerrish, George Gerrish

Notes

"Ab. Bunker was Abigail, widow of Captain Benjamin Bunker, the innkeeper. She was a daughter of John and Anna (Carter) Fowle, the tanner." (1)

Citations

  1. Samuel Phipps: An early resident of Somerville territory By Capt. George A. Gordon (Read before Somerville Historical Society December 20, 1905.)
  2. Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879), 1:367. "Children of John Fowle and Anna Carter: 8) Abigail, bp. "9 [3] 1675", m. (1) 1698 Benjamin Bunker. [p. 1:152:] Widow of Benjamin Bunker m. (2) Benjamin Gerrish, 1738. [p. 1:405:] She d. 10 Mar, 1749, ae. 70 [sic], g.s. Administration on her estate to B.C. Bunker on 17 Dec 1755."

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Abigail Gerish's Timeline

1675
May 9, 1675
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1675
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1708
April 12, 1708
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1749
March 10, 1749
Age 74
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Phipps Street Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States